Research Guides: U.S. Government: Department of Transportation

U.S. Department of Transportation
The mission of the Department of Transportation (DOT) is to "Serve the United States by ensuring a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system that meets our vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the American people, today and into the future."
National Transportation Safety Board
Surface Transportation Board
Transportation Security Administration
Department of Transportation Agencies
Administrations and departments, including links to each entity, that operate under the U.S. Department of Transportation

Transportation Databases

National Transportation Atlas This link opens in a new window
The National Transportation Atlas Database is a set of nationwide geographic databases of transportation facilities, transportation networks, and associated infrastructure. These data-sets include spatial information for transportation modal networks and intermodal terminals, as well as the related attribute information for these features. They are most useful at the national level, but have major applications at regional, state, and local scales throughout the transportation community.
Abbreviation: nta
Vendor: U.S. Department of Transportation
Type: Datasets / Statistics, E-Book Collections

Research in Progress
The Transportation Research Board's Research in Progress (RIP) Database contains information on more than 9,700 current or recently completed transportation research projects. RIP records primarily are projects funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation and State Departments of Transportation. University transportation research also is included in the database.

Bureau of Transportation Statistics
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) provides "statistics on commercial aviation, multimodal freight activity, and transportation economics, and provides context to decision makers and the public for understanding statistics on transportation."

Earlier years available in STROZIER, Documents General Collection Ground Floor -- TD12.1/2: in both print and microfiche
Federal Highway Administration Research Library and List of Online Publications
A-Z list of full-text publications
Federal Highway Administration Publications
State Transportation Statistics
A "series of reports highlighting major federal databases and other national sources related to each state's infrastructure, safety, freight movement and passenger travel, vehicles, economy and finance, and energy and the environment. Along with tables generated for each state, the reports describe databases and give information on access, formats, and contact points."
Aviation Data & Statistics
Commodity Flow Survey (CFS)
The CFS is the "primary source of national and state-level data on domestic freight shipments by American establishments in mining, manufacturing, wholesale, auxiliaries, and selected retail industries." This survey is conducted every 5 years as part of the Economic Census.
Crash Statistics
Highway Statistics
Older editions in STROZIER, Documents General Collection Ground Floor -- TD2.23: (Print and microfiche)

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